I was thinking that if mounting the /proc filesystem causes a partition scan then it might be due to a change in the kernel. I know I had it working on FC4 with Andrew Morton's 2.6.16.rc4-mm1 kernel I think I should try putting that kernel up on FC5 and see if the seek errors go away. -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list